Did you know light pollution can affect both human health, as well as nature? Artificial lighting can disrupt migratory patterns and affect the survival of both animals and plants.Moreover, light pollution is not just limited to night-time hours. It canaffect people in their workplaces during the day-time.

As with all problems, there are solutions. We will discuss some of the ways we can reduce the effect of light pollution and sky glow, leading to a healthier environment. The International Dark Sky Association, for example, aids the worldwide effort to reduce light pollution.

Choosing dark sky compliant lighting, and understanding LED and how itdiffers from conventional lighting will be part of the conversation.

As owner of Global Environmental Lighting Services, Brian Bury has spent overfour decades in the lighting industry. A long-time member of theInternational Dark Sky Association, Brian is also one of only a dozen Greenambassadors in Canada, a past member of the Illuminating Engineering Society,a board member of Creatively United for The Planet Society and a BC HydroAlliance Energy Professional. Brian designs and installs sustainable lightingsolutions for commercial clients, focusing on human-centric lighting andenergy savings.

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The body is designed to sleep in the dark to encourage melatonin production and it helps in healing. I think we should avoid working at night. If we can't help but stay awake, then we need to alter our sleep pattern and remove all light sources when we sleep by day. We should be day sleepers in style at least. It can avoid diseases caused possibly by not being able to sleep at night. I didn't know they also refer to excessive light as polluting but it's true.